North Leverton
St Martin

War Memorial

The war memorial is on the north wall of the nave. The stone tablet has a military crest at the top but it is impossible to decipher what it represents.

The tablet reads:

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
THE HEROES
OF THE PARISH WHO FELL IN
THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918

GEORGE HARRY PEACOCK

  

FRANCE

  

NOV. 23RD

1914

FRED SHARPE

  

"

  

JAN 9TH

1917

THOMAS ROBERT CHAPPELL

  

"

  

JAN 13TH

1917

ERNEST HOLMES

  

"

  

SEPT. 19TH

1917

CLARENCE JOHN SMITH

 

BELGIUM

  

OCT 20TH

1917

WALTER B MELLAR

  

FRANCE

  

JAN 23RD

1918

GEORGE STANILAND

  

"

  

SEPT. 5TH

1918
           

WILLIAM P CROOKES

  

"

  

JUNE 27TH

1944

THOMAS L HARTLEY

  

ENGLAND

  

DEC 10TH

1944

World War I
Roll of Honour		 World War II
Roll of Service

At the west end of the nave, affixed to the wooden panelling of the tower screen, are two framed rolls of honour/service.

They commemorate the parishioners who served in both world wars.

Village War Memorial

The village war memorial is on Main Street, around 200m south-east of the church. It is comprised of a marble base and obelisk and names the dead of both world wars. The dates show slight variations in some cases from the church memorial.

G H Peacock

d Nov 3 1914

F Sharpe

d Jan 9 1917

T R Chappell

d Jan 13 1917

E Holmes

d Sept 19 1917

C J Smith

d Oct 20 1917

W B Mellors

d Jan 22 1918

G Staniland

d Sept 5 1918
Who fell in the Great War
1914-18
Greater love hath no man than this that he lay down his life for his friend.

In the Great War 1939-45

NP Crooks

June 27 1944

TL Hartley

Dec  10 1944

F Sharpe is buried in the churchyard with an official war graves marker.

G H Peacock was the son of the Rev. F K Peacock who was the incumbent at that time.

In the chancel is a prayer book with a commemoration to Thomas Leslie Hartley (1917-44).